culmination
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a final climactic stage
their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
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Sense 2 noun
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
Types & categories
- celestial point hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the decisive moment in a novel or play
the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
Types & categories
- moment hypernym
Parts & wholes
- story part holonym
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Sense 4 noun
a concluding action
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- consummation hyponym
- consummation hyponym
- finishing hyponym
- finalization hyponym
- follow-through hyponym
- follow-through hyponym
- graduation hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | culminate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | climax |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | culminate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | culminate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | celestial point |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | climax |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | culminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | climactic |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | story |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | moment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fetch up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | finish up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | climax |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclude |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | consummation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | consummation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | finishing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | finalization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow-through |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow-through |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduation |